Examines the potential impact of computer system shutdowns as a result of the millennium date change and explores one school district's solution. Suggestions are offered to help districts deal with the "millennium bug" including a Web resource site to receive updates. (GR)

Reports on a study conducted to identify cognitive factors associated with differences in predicting problem-solving success among high school biology students. Results indicate that successful prediction depends on several factors, including a subject's procedural and declarative knowledge, stage of cognitive development, and experience in…

Presents a problem that serves as an analogy for teaching combustion analysis. (JRH)

Discusses the various approaches to creativity taken by various corporations and whether there is a difference between creativity and problem solving. Distinguishes between adaptive creativity--whereby employees find better ways to do their work--and innovative creativity--the ability to produce really big or strange ideas. (JOW)

Describes push-back leadership, a model of leadership based on the work of Ronald Heifetz and Martin Linksky. Argues that the two key roles of the leader are to give the work back to people and to keep them within a healthy range of disequilibrium that generates creativity and innovation to solve organizational problems. (Author/LRW)

Suggests that the scope of return on investment (ROI) for organizations includes measurable indicators of both the internal and external value added by the organization rather than just short-term profit and customer satisfaction. Topics include demonstrating progression toward required performance; and justifying problems to be solved in terms of…

To study the access process in analogical problem solving, children repeatedly listened to a variety of source stories until they could recall them completely. They then listened to a target story, were asked to retrieve the source story, were directed to solve a problem in a target story. Describes hypothetical reasons for differences in…

Reviews literature on the concept and practice of clinical reasoning, presenting evidence of clinical reasoning in a therapeutic recreation setting. Data from observations of and interviews with recreation therapists and clients in a Canadian rehabilitation hospital provided evidence of therapists' clinical reasoning practices which supported the…

The paper presents examples of corporations (Intel Corporation, 3M, and the Saturn Corporation) which are making their environments more creative and innovative in order to compete in the global marketplace. Such workplace innovation requires development of an idea-nurturing environment, acceptance of failure, and emphasis on creative problem…

Through the use of creative problem-solving skills, students will be able to develop solutions to future societal problems. Technology education teachers must use and incorporate the teaching of these skills into their curriculum. (JOW)

The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics developed standards to define mathematical literacy. The standards are that people should learn to value mathematics, reason mathematically, communicate mathematically, become confident of mathematical abilities, and become mathematical problem solvers. (JOW)

A robotics contest encouraged research into robotics and gave students an opportunity to share their work and to build a robot with practical application for use in the home. (JOW)

This bibliography lists, in alphabetical order by author, over 100 English-language books on creativity and problem solving, published in 1990 and 1991. In addition to the bibliographic information provided, one or two subject descriptor terms are included to note the content area of each book. (JDD)

Critiques the linear model that some managers use for appointing work groups, committees, and task forces; and discusses constructivist-based approaches as more effective ways to promote positive consensus, cohesion, and cooperation among nursing work groups. (Author)

Discusses inquiry-oriented learning and the role of technology in interactive learning environments. Highlights include instructive environments; constructive environments, for constructing knowledge; communicative environments; situating environments, for problem-solving authentic tasks; and three examples of interactive learning environments.…